Hawk Training with positive reinforcement techniques and no restraint

[dstrong1337]

I will own one of these one day

[VVFMETALJACK]

Really, this is a beautiful video, with a beautiful animal. These are may favourite hawks, I love the "Buteo"s, like Parabuteo Unicinctus, Buteo Jamaicensis, Buteo Regalis, Buteo Buteo...

Nice work ;)

[MeapyMeaps]

Does he (the austringer) hunt with that hawk?

[SoLAWildlife]

Thomas did not want me making too many comments making this a forum, but the bird is not always flown to a glove, & rewards very to keep the bird sharp. This was the initial training process, but f/ here, chain behaviors can be (& were) introduced. Lure flying is also done, as well as setting up targets for birds like Harris' Hawks to fly to & pull food f/ holes. Many other elements of falconry can still come into play, this video only showed how training can be done w/out adversive equipment.

[BADMOHFOH420]

good video some good traing methods, but i dont see how this training could be used for hunting as the bird is only happy to go to the fist as it knows that theres alway food in the palm... unless you only want to fly and demonstrate them in which case this is perfect :-) very well done

[MrFuckyoumannn]

@PandyPandy Why are you telling him to shut up? He is being honest because falconers will NEVER allow hawks to be pets because they simply are not. People should never get the impression that they are pets. Falconers get state and federal licences to train the hawk so that the hawk tolerates them so they can be part of the hunt which the hawk would do even without the falconer. If anyone needs to shut up is is you because you are an ignorant asshole.

[looks911]

Congrats for your new bird lovley hawk you got there mate treat it well :)

[RedtailRedemption285]

Wonderful video on falconry and the process of training. Do you have any other video's on how to make some of the equipment?

[joeballone]

@RedtailRedemption285 This isn't falconry

[Mattedmonds]

Fantastic job!!! Thanks for showing the "old schoolers" how it should really be done!

[maxinpains]

great video. perhaps better than many sponsors there is...lol ;)

[Aoife211]

It's a very nice style of training a hawk,I will personally try some of the techniques like the scale training on my young hawk next year,but.. there are some things like that time when he "missed" the glove??how do u show him it was wrong if you still reward him??

and. jesses and anklets are made for your safety AND bird's safety! Can you imagine going through town with the RT if he gets scared by something new?omg, I reaally wouldn't risk it. I'm sorry, but this looks too dangerous to me :(

[SoLAWildlife]

Sorry for late response on some. I appreciate the nice comments. Thomas made the lures from a modified design he had out of leather. There was no lure flying in this video though, this was just to show an innitial training process without all the traditional adversive equipment (like jesses).

[matanzacu]

i love the kids under the table lol

[cabelasportsmen]

what do you use for a lure?

[scottkjr]

thats a butiful bird you have

[SoLAWildlife]

The anklets are to attach a radio trasmitter. Since this video, they were actually removed and the bird flew for programs using a backpack transmitter. This was very cool because once they are preened into the feathers, it looks like a completely wild hawk, and photographers particularly liked this.

[rngepkn33b]

what are them things on his legs for

[SoLAWildlife]

Thomas asked me not to respond here & to asnwer questions in private in order to not make this video clip into a forum. If you want to contact Thomas or me, I can be reached by e-mail at SoLA.wildlife@gmail.com. In case you missed it, this video is the training process from rehab, no flight, & living in a mew for years...to being able to fly free outside for raptor demonstrations, hawk walks, or hunting. As for the difference, you could start by noting there is nothing to hold onto the bird. : )

[SoLAWildlife]

Since I ran out of space above, I would also like to thank everyone for their comments. TheFalconfun, your video of the prey capture was very impressive!

[Molhedim]

@SoLAWildlife hi , nice hawk you got there . Is your hawk still well? can you make a new clip of him? this video was really helping . In the future i wana teach myself how to train a hawk and all that .Cheers and thanks for the vid.

[TheFalconfun]

I don't see anything that is not completely traditional here. Very well done, but nothing new. nice video though.

[INTERGRATEDMA]

How can I find or get in contact with Thomas?

[shadowpl3x]

Hi, great video. How do you get the bird so motivated by food? And what would you do with a red tail that's not as hungry or "food motivated"?

[FWDORA9]

Well done!!..........

[hairynostril]

what is this? dont u needa parrot for thatkind of training? that seems pretty degreading for the hawk. what is it that you getout of that?

[rngepkn33b]

@hairynostril well maybe the guy just likes them more then a cat or a dog theres nothing wrong with that. i mean whats the point of having a pet dog they wernt meant to be pets there meant to be hunting, guard dogs. thats what the indians bread em down for. its the same concept here envutaly theres gonna be pet hawks every where just like dogs

[tcline614]

@rngepkn33b Nope, sorry that's never gonna happen. These majestic creatures ARE NOT pets! Falconers in the US will never let this happen anyway they are the one's in the country setting the regulations and it's very hard to get Federal and State licenses just to legally keep one. It's a lot more difficult to take care of raptors than a puppy dog where you just put out a bowl of water and food and they are good to go!

[PandyPandy]

@tcline614

Shut up.



[KBreukers]

This is my favorite red tail training video great job and techniques!

[IMGoneFISHING123]

so cool how long have you been traning hawks

[levana90]

I'm falconer from georgia great video

[batzgibz]

can you send me your contact ?..I'm falconer from Indonesia...maybe we can chat more about falconry from our country each....thanks :)

[fancigal]

beautiful red tail!!! Operant conditioning is such a great way to train, glad to see you took it on as well. Your bird seems to trust you a lot, that is awesome!!

[hairynostril]

@fancigal to train for what ? jump around? what a waiste of time

[fancigal]

@hairynostril so some people have different ways of training. This works for him and his bird and something else works for you and yours. Just because its not what you do doesnt mean you should criticize him. There is also no need to attack my opinion.

[FlyingScribJelly]

Is that actually the mews? Can you make them open like that?

Where is this filmed? Cause I was wondering whether I could make something like that for my mews

[loveheals333]

Great job. Love the video and the work you do.  well done.

[FLORINOID]

gr8 work champ keep it up with new vids thanks

[lichterzauber]

Excellent work.

[orcas1013]

Awesome video! I wish more people trained raptors this way. Keep up the great work!

[angeleasfeathers]

positive reinforcement works better than punishment as you don't risk

detrimental side effects like

Escape avoidance

aggression

Apathy

Generalized fear of the environment

Learned helplessness

Loss of trust

Animals trained in negative/dominance work just to avoid negatives

Animals trained in P+ look forward to training & more creative / attentive

[canoncheck]

wow great training